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Filter by:This pilot clinical trial aims to assess the real world quality of life and survival of patients treated with targeted therapy that has preliminary evidence of efficacy in subjects with advanced rare cancers or cancer harbouring rare molecular aberrations. The treatment has been granted conditional or full approved by Health Canada (HC) as effective and safe. Due to the rarity of the cancer or molecular aberration the uncertainty level of the health technology assessment (HTA) by the pan Canadian Oncology Review (pCODR) was too high for consideration of funding or it was not submitted for consideration. Consequently, the goal of this study is to generate real world evidence to support HTA decision making throughout the life cycle of the product.
1) Evaluate implementation of navigator-delivered Home ePRO for all cancer patients across multiple practice sites; 2) examine the barriers, facilitators, and implementation strategies used in implementing navigator-delivered Home ePRO; and 3) assess the impact of Home ePRO on clinical and utilization outcomes.
Recent EMA and FDA approvals have made immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICI) a standard of care in cancer treatment. ICI, used alone or as a combination are now the backbone of renal cell and lung carcinoma treatment. However, a significant proportion of patients does not respond to ICI. Thus the identification of predictive response factor is a major issue. While factors associated with the tumour and its micro environment have been widely studied, factors associated with the patient such as metabolism could also affect the response to ICI and remain poorly studied. The hypothesis of the investigators is that dysmetabolims, via the induction of a chronic inflammatory state could induce a defect of lymphocyte production and activation as well as a modification of the immunogenicity of tumor cells and immune cells infiltration. The consequences could be a decrease in ICI response rate as well as an increase in immune related adverse events (irAEs). To test this hypothesis, the investigators propose a prospective bi-centric exploratory study including 60 patients treated with ICI for advanced lung or renal cell carcinoma. The data collected will be : - Clinical (calorimetry, impedancemetry, survey of eating habits, tumour characteristics, epidemiological data), - Biologics (baseline and 3-months plasma bio banking for standard biology, inflammation markers TNF- α, IL1-6-8-11-17, TGF-ß, TWEAK, complement study C3, C4, C4d, CH50, C1q, CD46) Primary objective is to assess the response to ICI depending on metabolic status. Secondary objectives are to study the relationships between metabolism / cytokines profile/ complement profile and ICI response. The investigators seek to generate hypotheses and to obtain exploratory data before submission of a Hospital Clinical Research Program whose objective will be to evaluate the impact of dysmetabolism on overall survival and to characterize immune and anatomopathological profiles (using DNA microarrays and flow cytometry techinques) of patients treated with ICI for renal cell or lung carcinoma.
The overall objective of the Morehouse Total Cancer Care study is to develop an improved standard of cancer care by facilitating new biomarker and drug target discovery, informatics solutions, clinical trials, and "personalized medicine" for our community oncology partners (i.e., community hospital systems, and other cancer care providers). To bring new translational research to the community, Morehouse School of Medicine has initiated the Total Cancer Care Program (TCCP). The TCCP establishes a unique collection of blood, tissue, other biological samples and their associated data (survey data, medical records data, cancer registry data, and other related data) from thousands of African American cancer patients, survivors, or those at risk of having cancer. This is not a treatment trial, but a longitudinal study designed to create a centralized cancer biorepository for precision medicine.
Using a highly innovative methodology, the Multiphase Optimization Strategy (MOST), the purpose of this randomized factorial trial is to identify components of a intervention (CASCADE) to enhance the decision support skills of family caregivers of persons with newly-diagnosed advanced cancer. Using a 2x2x2x2 full factorial design, 352 family caregivers of persons with newly-diagnosed advanced cancer will be randomized to receive one or more nurse coach-delivered decision partnering training components, based on the Ottawa Decision Support Framework and Social Support Effectiveness Theory: 1) psychoeducation on effective decision partnering principles (1 vs. 3 sessions); 2) decision partnering communication training (yes vs. no); 3) Ottawa Decision Guide training (yes vs. no); and monthly follow (1 monthly follow-up call vs. monthly follow-up calls for 24 weeks).
Palliative care (PC) is focused on improving the Quality of Life (QoL) of patients living with a life-threatening illness. Each year, an estimated 40 million people need PC management in the world. In the European Union, it is estimated that about 4,5 million of people are in the need of PC every year, with about 40% affected by malignant neoplasia. Data from a recent systematic review of the literature report that the prevalence of pain is 66% (95% confidence interval 58-75) in cancer patients with advanced stages of the disease. In 52% of cases, pain was moderate or severe in intensity (NRS, Numeric Rating Scale ≥4). Furthermore, in addition to the basic pain, having characteristics of continuity over time even in the presence of fluctuations in intensity, the presence of acute painful episodes must also be considered, which are defined with the term of Breakthrough Cancer Pain, (BTcP), whose prevalence is estimated between 21 and 59%. The positive impact on the quality of life of cancer patients of adhering to current guidelines has been amply demonstrated. Recently, new guidelines or recommendations produced by scientific societies have published, including the European Association of Palliative Care, the National Comprehensive Cancer Network and the European Society for Medical Oncology (ESMO). In clinical facilities directly involved in the treatment of pain in cancer patients, implementing the directives set out in the guidelines appears to be a correct objective for the appropriateness of treatments. Nevertheless, there are no studies in Europe that have evaluated the applicability and adherence to guidelines in the treatment of cancer pain in advanced cancer patients. The present study intends to collect detailed information on the characteristics of pain and the treatment in a population of cancer patients cared by a network of specialized palliative care centers in order to assess the applicability and adherence of the latest European guidelines published by ESMO in 2018 for the treatment of pain in the specific area.
Exercise adherence and maintenance in the EXCEL program supported with a smart phone application: A pilot randomized controlled trial
This proposed study plans to develop and evaluate a patient-oriented, technology-based, symptom monitoring system that reports symptoms experienced by children with cancer to their parents and health care providers.
This is a multiphase, multicenter study, which includes a Phase 1a open-label, dose escalation monotherapy study of ST-067 given as an SC injection with or without obinutuzumab [Gazyva®] pre-treatment, by IV infusion, and in combination with pembrolizumab. A Phase 2 monotherapy arm is also planned; the exact design of the Phase 2 study elements with respect to formulation and pre-treatment will be determined after completion of the Phase 1 study portion of the trial.
This is a Phase II study designed to investigate if the Covid 19 vaccines are capable of eliciting production of antibodies against S protein of Sar-S-Cov-2 virus among patients with medical history of cancer previously treated with monoclonal anti CD-20 antibodies. The antibody production is defined based on the detection of antibodies in the serologic Covid-19 rapid test against S protein or with semiquantitative assay when it becomes available.